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• COM 135 Entire Course

• COM 135 Week 1 Assignment The Technical Writing

• COM 135 Week 1 CheckPoint Importance of Technical
  Writing
• COM 135 Week 1 Assignment The Technical Writing
  Process
• COM 135 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• COM 135 Week 2 CheckPoint Audience Analysis
• COM 135 Week 3 CheckPoint Communication Techniques

• Assignment The Technical Writing Process
• Resources Pages 25-38 in Technical Writing
  Process and Product (5th ed.)
• Due Date Day 7 post to the Individual forum
• Read the following scenario
• As a customer service manager for a local
  software development company, you want to

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• COM 135 Week 1 CheckPoint Importance of Technical

• COM 135 Week 2 CheckPoint Audience Analysis

• CheckPoint Importance of Technical Writing
• Due Date Day 4 post to the Individual forum
• Choose three forms of technical writing used in
  the corporate environment.
• Explain why each form of communication is
  important.
• Submit your explanations.

• CheckPoint Audience Analysis
• In order for technical communication to be
  effective, the writer must evaluate the intended
• audience, its characteristics, knowledgebase,
  expectations, and requirements.
• Resources Ch. 4 in Technical Writing Process
  and Product (5th ed.)
• Due Date Day 7 Individual

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• COM 135 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 135 Week 3 Assignment Written Communication

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 post to the Main forum
• Post your response to the following What are
  some important characteristics of effective
• written communication? How do these qualities
  help in communicating information to a
• receiver? Explain your

• Assignment Written Communication in the
  Corporate Environment
• Resource Pages 130-165 in Technical Writing
  Process and Product (5th ed.)
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Read the following scenario
• Discontinuation of major equipment components for
  a computer network upgrade will

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• COM 135 Week 3 CheckPoint Communication Techniques

• COM 135 Week 3 CheckPoint Letter Writing
  Techniques

• CheckPoint Communication Techniques
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Consider the following There are many
  distinctions among the different types of
• communication techniques used in the business
  world.
• Select two techniques.
• Provide an example of when it is appropriate to
  use each

• CheckPoint Letter Writing Techniques
• Due Date Day 6 Individual forum
• Describe the different strategies and
  techniques used in writing a good-news letter and
  a
• bad-news letter.
• Provide an example of bad news you might have
  to deliver in a letter.

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• COM 135 Week 4 CheckPoint Article Summary

• COM 135 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• CheckPoint Article Summary
• Resources Ch. 14 15 in Technical Writing
  Process and Product (5th ed.)
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Review the characteristics of effective
  summaries, research strategies, and APA
• formatting.

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following You have
  been asked by a prospective employer to
• explain in writing why you selected your degree
  program and how the degree will help
• advance your career. What two prewriting
  techniques

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• COM 135 Week 5 Assignment Clear and Concise
  Technical

• COM 135 Week 5 CheckPoint User Manual Criteria

• Assignment Clear and Concise Technical
  Instructions
• Resources pp. 352-362 and 378-383 in Technical
  Writing Process and Product (5th ed.)
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Choose a technical or electronic product in
  your home or office.

• CheckPoint User Manual Criteria
• Resources Appendix A and pp. 378-382 in
  Technical Writing Process and Product (5th
• ed.)
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum

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• COM 135 Week 6 CheckPoint Reports

• COM 135 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• CheckPoint Reports
• Resources pp. 482-486, 488-491, and 496-506 in
  Technical Writing Process and
• Product (5th ed.) and the Microsoft Word
  Tutorial Creating Tables
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum

• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Review the
  importance of the four major areas with
• which a writer must be concerned in order to
  appeal to a readers visual sensibilities.

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• COM 135 Week 7 Assignment Proposals

• COM 135 Week 7 CheckPoint RFP Analysis

• Assignment Proposals
• Resources Ch. 17 in Technical Writing Process
  and Product (5th ed.) and the Microsoft
• Word Tutorial Creating Tables
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Review the Microsoft Word Tutorial Creating
  Tables

• CheckPoint RFP Analysis
• Resources pp. 2-8 and 47-76 in Technical
  Writing Process and Product (5th ed.), Clark
• County Requests for Proposals, Writing
  Specifications, and Writing a Good RFP
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum

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• COM 135 Week 7 CheckPoint Rough Draft of Final
  Project

• COM 135 Week 8 CheckPoint Image Integration

• CheckPoint Rough Draft of Final Project
• Resource Appendix D
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Create a rough draft of your final project as a
  Microsoft Word document
• Submit the rough draft to your instructor.

• CheckPoint Image Integration
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Using the visual elements that were discussed
  in DQ2, integrate at least three visual
• elements into a new Microsoft Word document.